Necktie rack



P. PESTYNER June 17, 1952 NECKTIE RACK 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Oct. 28, 1948 a N w T T H INVENTOR. PHIL/P /DE5TYN EE BY Patented June 17, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE RACK Philip Pestyner, Jamaica, N. Y.

Application October 28, 1948, Serial No. 56,961

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a necktie rack and the object of the invention is to provide a novel and unique construction so constituted as to support a very large number of ties in a minimum space.

The tie rack of this invention is adapted to be mounted on a firm support, such as the inside of a closet door or the Wall of a closet and it embodies a unique arrangement of supporting bars which, under normal condition, may be compacted into small space. However, when it is desired to select some particular tie the several bars may extend into such separated relation as to permit easy access to the selected tie and the removal of such tie without any tendency to dislodge others from the rack at the same time.

Speaking generally, the tie rack of this invention comprises a fixed supporting bar adapted to be secured to a firm support by screws or the like. To this bar is pivoted a quadrilateral frame composed of four necktie supporting bars, pivoted to one another and to the fixed bar in the manner hereinafter more particularly described. Each of said bars is provided with separators so that the ties suspended on the several bars will be spaced from one another.

An important feature of the present invention resides in the fact that the several bars of the quadrilateral frame are all pivotal with respect to one another, while the frame, as a whole, is pivotal with respect to the fixed bar. This permits the quadrilateral frame to be manipulated into innumerable positions to permit of convenient tie selection and it also permits of the folding of the frame into substantially the plane of the fixed bar when the device is not in use so that it will then occupy a minimum space in the closet.

Features of the invention other than those specified will be apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated different practical embodiments of the invention but the showing therein made is to be understood as illustrative only and not as defining the limits of the invention.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the preferred form of the device of the present invention mounted upon a firm support. In this view, the parts are shown in folded position in full line while various other positions of which the quadrilateral frame may partake for purposes of tie selection, are shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a fragmental front elevation of the 2 central portion of the device with the parts in the folded condition shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental perspective showinga modified form of separator which may be used on certain bars of the quadrilateral frame.-

Referring to the drawings, I indicates the fixed supporting bar of the device, adapted to be rigidly mounted on a firm support 2 by means of screws 3 passed through perforations in the opposite ends of said bar and through interposed spacers 4 into the support 2.

Rigidly secured to the fixed bar, midway of its length, are a pair of spaced apart depending rivets 5 adapted to support the quadrilateral frame, generally designated by the reference character 6 in the drawings. This frame comprises four supporting bars I, 8, 9, and I0. The bars I and ID are pivotally mounted on the rivets 5 so as to space the bars 'I and I0 sufficiently below the bar I to give clearance for necktie separating pins I2 on the bars I and I0 as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. All of the bars I and I-IIl are provided with such pins in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1-3.

The lower ends of the rivets 5, below the bars 1 and III are tied together by the bearing plate I3. If the rivets 5 are parallel, which they may be, the bearing plate may be fiat. However, I preferably arrange the rivets 5 in downwardly diverging relation and bend the plate I3 upwardly in its lateral halves so that its lateral edges I4 bear against the under sides of the bars I and In (Fig. 2) and serve as bearings therefor laterally of the rivets. By inclining the pins as shown, the holes for the rivets in the bars I and Ill need not fit so closely for the bearing edges I4 of the plate help to support the bars against sagging on these rivets. The other ends of the bars I and ID are secured to the contiguous ends of the bars 8 and 9, respectively, by means of rivets I5, with interposed spacers I6 so that the pins I2 of the bars I and I0 will not contact the bars 8 and 9 when the device is compacted. The ends of the bars 8 and 9 are secured together in a half-lapped joint I1, shown 'in Fig. 2, by the rivet I8 which passes through a finger piece I9, by means of which the quadrilateral frame may be conveniently manipulated.

In the structure of Figs. 1 to 3, the ties are adapted to be hung over the several bars I and I-Ill between the pins I2 of these respective bars. Some of the bars may, however, be provided with hook or bracket supports such as indicated at I2a in Fig. 4. This is optional.

It will be apparent from the structure which I have described, that the quadrilateral frame 6 is capable of taking many positions. For example, it may be withdrawn from the full line position of Fig. 1 to the position diagrammatically indicated at So. It may be swung about the twin rivets 5 from the position 6a to the position lb and may likewise partake of the extended position 60 or the partially compacted position 6d. The other positions of which it may partake are too'n'umerous to illustrate. If a tie is to be removed from the bar 10, this may be conveniently accomplished if the frame is in the position 6b, while the Ga position would be more convenient if the tie is to be removed from the bar 1. The position 60 causes all of theties' on the fixed bar I to be uncovered for ready selection. Various users will of' course manipulate the quadrilateral frame according to their own particular convenience and the showing made is merely illustrative of the general capabilities of the structure.

After a tie has been selected the quadrilateral frame-may be collapsed and pressed into'the full line position of Fig. 1, wherein all of the ties will be contiguous to the face of thesupport 2 and the device will be out of the way. When the parts are thus compacted, the ties on the several barswill facially engage one another and consequently frictionally hold one another against slippingfrom any'of the bars. This particularly desirable when the rackissupported on a-closet door which may be rapidly swung to-and-fro, an operation which otherwise would be apt to dislodge the' ties.

'Ihe' foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in its preferred practical form but the invention is to be understood as fully commensurate with the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A necktie rack comprising: a fixed necktie supporting bar adapted to be mounted rigidly in horizontal position on a firm support, and a horizontal I quadrilateral frame embodying four necktie supporting bars terminally pivoted to one another while two bars of the quadrilateral frame are pivoted to the fixed bar, the latter two bars of the quadrilateral frame being positioned at a lower elevation than the fixed bar and the other two bars of the quadrilateral frame being at'substantially the same elevation as the fixed bar, and necktie separators upstanding from the upper surfaces of all said bars with the separators of the bars of said frame being of less height than the distance between the bars which are arranged at different elevations.

PHILIP PESTYNER.

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